..A new nationwide case-control study was conducted to assess whether previously observed associations persist and to identify other occupations that may contribute to the risk of NHL in the New Zealand population...

Estimated infant intake of persistent organic pollutants through breast milk in New Zealand

..The objective of this study was to make quantitative estimates of the annual number of deaths from work-related disease and injury in New Zealand, as well as estimate the number of incident cases of work-related disease and injury...

Mortality in New Zealand workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides and dioxins

A 't MannetjeCentre for Public Health Research, Research School of Public Health, Massey University Wellington Campus, PO Box 756, Wellington, New ZealandOccup Environ Med 62:34-40. 2005

..6% of the New Zealand workforce is occupationally exposed to wood dust, corresponding to a total of 97 000 workers (86% male and 14% female). Construction-related occupations included the largest number of exposed workers...

Determinants of non-response in an occupational exposure and health survey in New Zealand

..To study the association between occupational exposure to metals including chromium, cadmium, nickel, and arsenic compounds, within a population-based study design, while adjusting for confounding factors...

..To evaluate mortality and cancer incidence in a cohort of workers employed in the New Zealand pulp and paper industry, and to identify the exposures responsible for any increased risk...

Infections, medication use, and the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in childhood

Catherine CohetCentre for Public Health Research, Research School of Public Health, Massey University Wellington Campus, Private Box 756, Wellington, New ZealandJ Epidemiol Community Health 58:852-7. 2004

..The "hygiene hypothesis" postulates that infections during infancy may protect against asthma and atopy. There is also some evidence that antibiotic and/or paracetamol use may increase the risk of asthma...

Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

..Attempts to control diabetes in a vacuum without reference to socioeconomic and political context is a convenient vehicle that has contributed to and will continue to fuel calories to the diabetes epidemic...

..Observational studies and randomized trials to test this hypothesis could ultimately lead to the development of novel treatments for atopic diseases, such as allergic asthma, hay fever, and eczema...

..We have conducted an ecologic analysis of the relationship between antibiotics sales and the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema in 99 centres from 28 countries...

..Stage at diagnosis accounted for only part of these differences. Possible factors responsible for ethnic inequalities might include access to specialized cancer services and the quality of care received...

..The estimated children's daily intake of PBDEs from dust and breast milk was below U.S. EPA Reference Dose values. The study shows that dust is an important human exposure source for common PBDE formulations in New Zealand. ..

Baiduri WidanarkoCentre for Ergonomics, Occupational Safety and Health, School of Management, College of Business, Massey University, Palmerston North, New ZealandErgonomics 55:327-42. 2012

..Interventions to reduce LBS in workplaces should focus on reducing working in awkward/tiring positions, improving contact and cooperation with management, and reducing stressful jobs, especially amongst females...

..This study investigates whether work-related respiratory symptoms and acute falls in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), previously observed in current welders, are related to measured workplace exposures to total fume and metals...

Compression, expansion, or dynamic equilibrium? The evolution of health expectancy in New Zealand

Patrick GrahamDepartment of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New ZealandJ Epidemiol Community Health 58:659-66. 2004

..To evaluate the New Zealand evidence for three theories of population health change: compression of morbidity, expansion of morbidity, and dynamic equilibrium...

Has the prevalence and severity of symptoms of asthma changed among children in New Zealand? ISAAC Phase Three

..To investigate time trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma by repeating, during 2001-3 (Phase Three), the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase One study that was conducted in New Zealand in 1992-3...

Temporal trends in the incidence of childhood leukemia, lymphomas and solid tumors in north-west Italy, 1967-2001. A report of the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont

Research Grants1

..This large study conducted by an international team of expert collaborators will provide sufficient study power to reach the outlined aims and contribute to the knowledge of the etiology of NHL. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..